One of the people I work with mentioned this, this morning. Sounds
almost to good to be true.....
http://www.news.uiuc.edu/NEWS/06/0828cancer.html
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Scientists have found a way to trick cancer cells
into committing suicide. The novel technique potentially offers an
effective method of providing personalized anti-cancer therapy.
Most living cells contain a protein called procaspase-3, which, when
activated, changes into the executioner enzyme caspase-3 and initiates
programmed cell death, called apoptosis. In cancer cells, however, the
signaling pathway to procaspase-3 is broken. As a result, cancer cells
escape destruction and grow into tumors.
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** George Orwell was an optimist **
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